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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
Married an Indian Bride.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The white man who marrles an In
dian woman of the Territory becomes
an Indian SO far BIS his rights and
privileges are concerned. He can
fence in all the land he wants, unless
he wants too much. II he shows O.
disposition TO fence in all the unoccu-
pied land In the Territory his Indian
neighbors will not call upon MIN and
arguet the point. They simply cut the
fence down. He can, however, fence
In q section-640 acres-and no one
is allowed to settle on or use the land
for q quarter of q mile distant from
his fences. White men VINO marry In
dians-the men who marry as D bust
ness venture-generally engage in cat
tie raising, and while they keep their
herds in the Territory they keep them
selves in Texas and Kansas. Not all
OF them, however, for in I'D 1itlon to
the shiftless white Indians there are
several of the thrifty go-ahead kind
who make their homes where they
have made their money. "Jim" Nc
Alister is g. striking example Of this
class. He is supposed to be worth
$4,000, and he lives in hetown that
bears his name. Seventeen years ago
McAlister entered the territory driv-
ing mule team. He carried all his
property on his back. The territory
suited him. He saw g. Chicasaw
squaw who suited him also. He mar
ried her and became an Indian. In
knocking about the territory he dis
covered coal, or he made the acqualn-
lance of an Indian who had made the
discovery. The discoverer of coal
gets q royalty on every ton that is
| mined on g. mile square of territory.
There are about sixteen Indians in
the territory who are paid such roy
atty, and McAlister is one of them.
He reaps rich harvest from his roy
atty alone, for there are three coal
mines in operation at McAlister which
give employment to TOO men, and the
daily capacity ofthe mines is about
1000 tons, Or $50 cars of l6 tons
each. The royalty on coalruns from
a to 1 cent tushel of 85 pounds.
McAlister owns two stores at which
the miners deal. He has fortune in
them. He owns g. ranch nine miles
north of Denison, Texas, and has it
stocked with 5000 cattle. 1t also
contains several substantial build
ings. He is q heavy set man, trife
above medium height. and is about
As years of age. He is a pronounced
| blonde, while his wife is very dark.
She is woman of excellent reputa-
| ton and O. steady churchgoer. Meal
| ister's tastes do not tend in that di-
rection, but he is man Of good hab-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
Interesting to Cigarette Smokers.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Anybody who is sceptical in regard
to the assertion that cigarettes are
made from cigar stumps can obtain
convincing evidence on the subject by
taking his stand on some prominent
street corner early in the morning and
watching the youngsters gathering
day or two ago, g. man who was smok-
ing cigarette at the corner of
Madison Street and Wabash Avenue
observed little girl who had accumu-
lated g. basket nearly full of mutilated
fragments of cigars, and was industri-
ously adding to the stock.
"What do 20 do with those things,
child2" he inquired.
"Sell 'em to the cigarmakers," she
replied. "They pay us Is scents apint
for 'en."
The man threw away his cigarette,
and if he did not there and then regis
ter q VOW never to put one in bis
mouth again, his face misrepresented
him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
Something About Cooks.

There is no one question now requ1r
ing the serious and earnest attention
of all classes of a community more
than true and practical knowledge
of domestic economy. A sharp writer
has said: "While the Lord sends meat
almost with the profusion of the quails
that fed the Israelites, it must be that
the devil sends cooks" The want of
good, skillful and reliable domestic
help is serious one, and demands the
consideration of the best minds. The
edict has gone forth in fashionable Cir
cIes that it is not respectable to labor
in another PERSONS kitchen, chamber
or parlor. The daughters of our me-
chanics, farmers and artisans are re-
spectable, and are entitled to as much
respect and consideration as the
daughters of merchants, lawyers and
capitalists, and until that badge of
od1um is removed from the farmers
daughter who serves as q domestic
help, the situation will grow worse and
worse. The population OF Europe
and Asia cannot much longer furnish
us the raw and uneducated help which
we have had to endure for someyears.
One of the indispensables in educa-
ton of girls, whether rich or poor, is g.
thorough knowledge OF household econ
ony. This embraces wide field. 1t
ia q scientific and practical knowled ge
OF the culinary art, the preparation
and preservation of fruits and confec-
tons, the care of the sick, and the
delicate attentions of the nursery, the
operations of the laundry, and askill-
FIJI use of the needle as well as the sew
ing machine. To this should be added
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
FARM AND HOME.

The Blessings.
An angel came from the courts above,
To bear message Ofpeace and love;
g With blessings many, to crown the one
Whose work of life was the nOblest done.
He came to rich mans gilded door;
A beautiful LADY stood before
His vision fair as the saints are fair,
With smile as sweet as the angels wear
He needed not to be told her life
The pure young mother, the tender wife;
He needed not to be told that she,
In homes of sorrow and poverty,
Was giving wealth with a lavish hand;
He thought her worthy in heaven TO stand.
''No no % a voice to the angel heart
Spoke low: f'seek on in the busy mart"
He found door that was worn and old;
The night was damp and the wind was cold.
A pale faced girl at her sewing bent;
The midnight lamp to her features lent
paler hue, as she toiled the while,
But yet the mouth had restful smile.
Doing her duty with honest pride;
Breasting temptation on every side.
"For her the blessings" the angel said,
And touched with pity the girlish head.
mo time nor money for aims has she,
But duty is higher than charity"
Sarah X. Bolton, IN Travellers Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
Health on the Farm.

Too little attention is paid to the
surroundings of the house to insure
the best health to the farmer and his
family. It is very difficult to manage
a stock farm or even q grain farm
where only a sufficient number ofstock
is kept to properly run tie farm with
out having more or less manure scat
tered around. So that one of the very
first items on the farm is the proper
location of the house, barn and feed
lot, in order that the influence will
not be felt at the house.
One of the most prolific sources Of
disease is the water. Of all things on
the farm the most care should be Civ
en- to insure the purity Of the drinking
water, and that in the house should
be as pure as possible. On somefarms
where there is q stiff hard clay, or
white hard pan, there is not near as
much risk as in loose, sandy or
gravelly soil But yet it is far better
to see that all the water from the
barn and feed lots is drained away
from the direction Of the house well.
Piles of manure should not be al
lowed to decay or stand where the
air will be driven by the wind to the
house, where it must be breathed. The
same may be said of old piles of
straw, fodder or weeds. There should
be care taken in locating the sites for
outbuildings, such as poultry-houses,
privy, hog-pens, etc., so as TO build
them so that the air from them will
not reach the house. If you depend
upon ponds for stock water see that
thew are located sufficient distance
so that the poisonous air from them
will not reach the house.
While we all admire shade, yet too
much of it around house will make
it too damp. We must be willing to
admit the sunlight, and for this reason
too many shade trees around the
house keep out the sunlight and inter
fere with the free circulation of air,
thus making the house unhealthy.
Keep down the weeds from around
the house. A rank growth of weeds Is
another source of disease and should
be avoided by destroying them before
they can get a good start. 1t requires
but little extra work to Keep every
thing about the farm neat and clean,
but If you once allow the weeds and
other sources of foul air to get good
start it may take considerable extra
time and labor to thoroughly clean
up, besides running great risk Of hav-
ing doctor bills to pay, coupled with
considerable suffering and anxiety, to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
$500 Worth of Filtration.
From the New York Sun.

OI1C ANON IOA1A NJN1-1s
Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen IS as strong
physically as he is mentally. He IS
constant marvel at the seaside re-
sorts, where he spends his summers,
on account of his long-distance swim
ming. He picks up a great deal OF
material for literary work during the
season. and resorts unblushingly TO
Irritation in order to get it. At the
close of a vacation on the Isle of
Shoals he bade good-by to a young
lady, with whom he had carried on q
Irritation, with the words: 81 am very
glad l met you; you have been worth
at least $500 to me-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
How He lost His Leg.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Limping about the Hoffman House
tue other day was q gentleman evil
IDENTIFY with a cork lee. 1t was Capt.
Blank, of the United States SER
vice, now on the re- ired list. He was
the maddest man In the army on one
occasion. He passed through the war
without g. scratch, though his record
fer bravery and daring was an envi-
able one, and he fairly won his pro-
motions and brevets. After the war
he did hard service in the West,
against the Indians, but bore a
charmed life as regards wounds or
serious injuries until q few years ago
he was ordered to Fort Clark, Texas,
and was performing q large portion of
the long journey by stage, one OF the
heavy, numbering vehicles used In that
section. One day the driver was
drunk, and in attempting to guide the
stage over bridge his unsteady hand
swerved it too near the edge and over
it went with the veteran OF many
fields cooped up within; the captain
was taken out of the wreck with his
right leg so badly crushed that ampu-
tation was necessary. 1t was this lit
tie matter that made the captain
mad, not that he cared SO much for
the mere loss of a. leg, but the idea of
losing it in a stage-coach, tipped over
by a. miserable "greaser," was too
much for the old soldier, and the one
overwhelming trouble OF his life is
answering the question: "What bat
tie did you lose your leg in?" It's q
lucky thing for that Mexican stage
driver that the captain never saw him
after he got out of the hospital, for he
has registered vow of vengeance
against him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
A SKILLFUL LISTENER.
BY JOHN VANCE CHENEY.

The skllliul listener, methinks, may hear
The grass blades clash in sunny field together
Tn roses kissing. aud the lily, whether
III laugh or Ugh low in the summers ear
The Jewel dew-bells of the mead ring clear
Whea mornings nearing the sweet June
weather,
The 6ocked hours winging, feather unto feather,
The last leaf wall at waning of the year
Methinks from these we catch passing song
The best of verities perhaps, but seem
Nhen least she imagines it; birds, wood and
stream
Not only but her silences profound,
Surprised by softer football of our cream
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01
The Cheek of a Murderer.
From the Rockland me, Opinion.

From the Rockland Mel Opinion
A few years ago, during the con-
struction of the Bar Harbor branch
of the Maine Central Railroad, one OF
the bosses shot and killed an italian
laborer. He was arrested and a re-
volver was taken from him, but later
he escaped from Jail, and nothing was
heard from him till the other day,
when the officer who made the arrest
received letter from the shootlst,
dated in Canada, asking Tor the re-
turn of that revolver.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01

If an egg is clear and golden in APP
pearance when held to the light it is
good; il dark or spotted it ia bad.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-01

more than pay for the labor Of keep
ing everything clear from the start
". 7. SheDherd in Practical Farmer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17
CHILD LABOR IN THE COAL
REGIONS.

The miners boys and girls have no
childhood. Hundreds of children from
seven to fifteen years of age, are at work
at the hard coal mines slate picking, and
at the soft coal mines coke trim,ling and
mule driving. Hard, drudging toll is
the lot of these little ones, all day long,
in the dust and CRIME of the picking
shed, winter and summer What Won
der that the majority of graves in the
miners cemetery are short ones. A
stunted, defrauded childhood, sickIy
and inim youth, and a manhood old
and decrepit before its time; this is not
an uncommon experience among these
coal workers. 1t is true that there is
law forhidding the employment of young
children in colieries on the statute book,
but the evidence is convincing that it is
rarely enforced. The poverty of the
parents and the Indifference of the en-
ployers stand in the way. AS late as
1883 there was no compulsory school
law in Pennsylvania, and if there be now,
it is, like the law above referred to above,
almost never enforced in the coal re-
gions. - george 4. Denison.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17

among respectable women, that Gre
formed rakes make the best hus-
bands.
We are all more or less respon-
slble for this horrible condition of
things. Let us, respectable men
and women, either try and remedy
this thing, which can be remedied
by Socialism and only by Socialism,
or let us be consistent and accord to
the martyrs of this necessary evil"
their proper position rs the "Saviors
Of Society. "-Dearer Labor enquirer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17
S. l.. P.
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SECTION!

Boston, MAss.-Organizer, H. W. Brown, Kirk.
land street
BRIDGEPORT, CONN Meeting at Excelsior Iar-
monte Hall. Organizer, S. Seller, 52S Main
street.
BUFFALO, N Y.-Meetings, first and third Sun
days in each month"; at 127 West Eagle street.
Organizer, Geo. NJ. Price, 1871 Front avenue.
CINCINNATI, OHIo.-OrganZer, Charles Fritz, Z
Oak street
HARTFORD, CoNN.-Organizer Joseph s. Green,
1i2 Maple street.
KANSAS CrTY.-Meeting every Friday evening at
Tobener's Hall, cor. 18th street and Grand
avenue. Secretary, DR.. Loretta Hammond,
1906 Walnut street.
La SALE, LII Organizer, James Towel, Score
tary Miners Protective Association.
MINNEAPOLIS, MNN.-Organizer, A. l.. Gardner,
1909 10Th street, South.
NEW YoRK-Meetng every first and third Mon
day, at Free Socialist Library and Meeting
Room, 143 Eighth street
NEw HAVEN, CoSS.-Meeting at Trades Council
Hall. Organizer, j. +. Busche, p. .. Drawer
103
PHILADELPHIA, PA-organizer, J. de Bruyn, 1859
Camiac street.
Flemish Section meets First Sunday morning
In each month at William Weissers Hall,
1896 North 18th st. Secretary, John Wauters,
3i0s North 18th st.
PROVIDENCE, X. Meetings every first and
third Sunday Socialist Hall, cor. Bell and
Oswald streets. Organizer James Jeffer-
son, 81 Fillmore street.
SPRINGFIELD, OHo.-Organizer, A. Eichelman,
3l3 East Main street
The Directory Of sixty German American Sec.
lions will be found In DsR SonALiss
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17
JOURNEYMEN BAKERS NAT
lONAl UNION.
lOFFICIAL
IOFFTITALT
OFFICE NATIONAL SECRETARY,
1870 William Street, New York.

lJO william street, New Ofk.
The People, an exceedingly ably writ
ten workingmen's paper, published in
San Francisco, Cal, contains in its issue
Of September 3, a good history of the
Journeymen Bakers National Union.
We recommend to every one who is in
terested in the National Union, the read
ing of that number of The People.
The National Union numbers now
sixty -four local unions.
Saturday, September II, Union Ga, the
National Unions latest acquisition, form
erly known as the Confectioners' Pro-
gressive Union, will have its picnic in
Rrommer's Union Park, New York. All
local unions are invited to celebrate a
love and determination feast. The affair
promises to be grand one.
Union "a of Brooklyn, is about to
make arrangements with the X. of l..
Bakers Assemblies of Brooklyn towards
mutual cooperation in the way of cut
ting the hours of labor.
John Baggenstoss, Secretary of Union
26, Louisville, KY, reports that in scab
shop of their city, run by devout mem
Der of the church, three men make rye
bread from nine pals of water and from
dough out of seven pals of water $50
pounds rolls, forty pounds pies and two
mixtures of jelly cakes-and all this in
one night. These men deserve the title
''scabs,' undoubtedly. ..#
In its last meeting the National Execu-
tive Committee entered VIM. MANI, a
scab, on the "black book" The names
of two from Buffalo were stricken out of
the book by request of Union l6 of Buff
falO.
Union No. ?, Newark, proposes to Or
ganize the Bakers of Orange, j. They
have appropriated $50 in support of the
striking tanners.
Union No. /, New York, decided at its
last meeting to contribute 80 weekly in
support of the New York Leader.
Union 30, Philadelphia, passed resolu-
tons to insist that no other cigars be
smoked by its members than such as
bear the blue label of the international
Cigarmakers Union.
Union Al, Columbus, O., reports salts
factory progress.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17
THE "SOClAL EVIL"
Some Pointed Remrks by Mrs. Anna
Haskell.

1t is the universal belief among
the alleged respectable classes in all
so-called civilized countries, that
"prostitution is a necessary evil"
because it protects respectable
women. The law recognizes this by
licensing the prostitutes.
Now, | for one do not believe in
this. | think prostitution very
unnecessary evil, and the question
arises in my mind, when the world
really does become civilized, when
all women have a chance to earn a
good living, when the conditions are
such that children are no longer
brought up like beasts but like hui
man beings: Where are the women to
come from to supply this necessary
evil? Or shall the government APP
portion off certain number of girls
each year and educate them in all
vicious propensites so as to supply
the demand? 1t seems to me if this
is necessary evil that would have
to be done.
If women were created sole y and
exclusively to crafty the lusts of
men, then prostitution is necessary;
if they were not, then it seems as if
there is no way except for men to be
made to control their lusts. Must
pure and refined women, the moth
ers of the human race, be degraded
to these depths to pander to a brute's
worst nature?
If it is true that prostitution is
necessary then it seems to me that
sister of ours whom we call fallen
woman should rather be known as a
martyr for respectable women; that
the women who have heen saved
from shame by her disgrace should
not shun and avoid their prostitute
sister, but should give her vote of
thanks and a Jubilee every year in
token of the gratitude they ought to
feel toward this sister who has saved
them.
Respectable woman, if your daugh-
ter is saved because her admirers
seek the company of a prostitute,
thank her and invite her to your
house. You would do as much for
the preseryer of your child's life.
How much more do you owe to the
preserver of her honor?
The chief cause of prostitution is
that men are not required to be
pure, and that women have been
pushed into these dens because of
seduction, because of hunger, and
because of love of tinery and ease.
Men visit these holes because of un
restrained passions, and they have
no worldly reason to control their
passions when it is claimed, even
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17
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THE RIVER OF TIME.
BY MRS. l.. f., DRAKE,

Times n rapid-nowing river
That no bridge has ever spamd
Higher than the ud.coped mountain
Deeper than the thoughts of man.
None have ever reached the summit
Where this river first began;
None have ever found the ocean
Where il empties-never can.
All the twinkling stars above us
And the sun that gives his light,
The earth on which were living
And the moon that shines by night
Are only little islands
Peopled by its mighty cause
Famed to life from its existence,
Dying by its perfect laws.
Treasured in its great deep bosom
Are the groves of buried years,
Ruined Kingdoms, fallen cities,
Manhood's signs and woman's tears,
Orphans cries and monarchs' scepters:
Crowns of kings that man so Graves,
Laurel wreaths and beggars' garments,
Float alike upon the waves.
There ale lifeboats on its surface,
There are ports along the way
Where the weary one may tarry
Or the happy ones may play.
There are homes where wealth and beauty
Deal with an unsparing hand;
Pearls from out the deepest ocean,
Gems from every foreign land.
There are marble tombs of honor
Where the bones of heroes rot;
There are graSs-grown graves so lonely
Where the outcast lies forgot
Pilgrims, poets, priests and sages
Leave their books upon its waves;
Tyrants, traitors, towards, paupers,
Sleeping in their unknown graves.
There are soldiers from all nations
Bleeding out upon the main
Some are battling for honor,
Some for power, some for fame,
Oh, ye countless stupid millions,
Soon you'll sink beneath the waves;
Know you not to be immortal,
Only truth and justice saves?
SIN francisco People,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-17

There is an exceedingly apt rhyme be-
tween the words creditor" and "edi-
tor, but it would be waste of time
trying to work it into poetry. There are
too many cold, flinty facts connected
with ii. WASHINGTON Critic.